I changed one Android Auto setting and Google Maps night mode finally worked like it should

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I drive at night a lot, and for months, I assumed Google Maps on the very useful Android Auto just handled night mode on its own. Technically, it does. The catch is that “on its own” means something different depending on which of three separate settings actually wins the argument. And until recently, the wrong one kept winning for me.

If you have ever plugged into your phone after sunset and found the feature-packed Google Maps still shining at you in full daylight mode, you know the frustration. You are not imagining it. The map is not broken. It is just caught in the middle of a settings conflict that Google has never bothered to make obvious.

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